Consecutively from 13 Apr to 1 Jun 2020, which coincided with the Covid-19 Circuit Breaker, Moorthy Perumal walked a total of 1,111,203 steps. This amounted to an average of 22,224 steps or about 16 km a day. He normally walked at around 7-8.30 am and 6-7.30 pm and the steps were recorded on a phone app. From 23 May to 31 May 2020, he walked as a participant in the ... Read More »
As many Singaporeans had to stay home because of the Covid 19 Circuit Breaker, Kelvin Raja of Royal Productions created this initiative to entertain the Tamil population. He collected and edited 117 TikTok videos from 66 participants to make a 44-min Youtube video. The ‘Tiktok Stars 2020’ video was released on 20 Jun 2020. Read More »
On 9 Mar 2020, Daryl Tan solved a Rubik’s cube while juggling in 17.16 sec. Assisted by his friends at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, the record is recognised by Guinness as a world record. Daryl is in second place in the Singapore rankings of the World Cube Association. Interview with Daryl Tan Read More »
At Chongfu School’s staff retreat, the staff and parents painted small batik pieces. The 133 pieces were then mounted on wooden boards to make a 1.8m by 5.2m mural, and hung on a wall near the school entrance on 8 Jun 2020. The school buildings were already designed like hanging gardens and the flowery batik would add to its aspiration for the young to grow and blossom. Read More »
Pet e-commerce platform, Perromart organised the first pet owners’ virtual gathering using the Zoom platform on 23 May 2020. In the light of the difficult Covid19 situation, the company is donating pet food to six animal shelters according to the number of people who participated in the gathering. 293 owners were counted to have their pets with them as they chatted with Dr Christopher Tham of Jireh Veterinary Clinic on pet ... Read More »
A team from Aon Singapore and its business partners paddled around Singapore in 3 outrigger boats, covering 140 km in 17 hr 10 min. Aon partnered the Singapore Paddle Club, in supplying the boats and coaching the team in the days leading up to the event. They set off from Siloso Beach on 13 Mar 2020. As the Causeway was not passable by boat, they turned inland at SAF Yacht ... Read More »
Liz Lu Meiru came up with an innovative way to save for her family emergency fund. Every time she receives a $5 note, she places it aside, refusing to use it. Over the years, she collected 2,700 notes. On 20 Feb 2020 (in ISO 8601 format: 2020.02.20 T20:20), she had all the notes displayed on her bedroom wall, measuring 4.0m by 1.6m. Read More »
R Subramaniam, 56, a competitive walker, broke the Round-Singapore record, walking a distance of 103.6 km in 18 hours 47 minutes. He started on 1 Feb 2020 at Punggol Park, going to Changi, ECP, Keppel, Boon Lay, Bukit Timah and ended at Plaza Singapura on 2 Feb. The walk was sponsored by Gayatri Restaurant and he was accompanied by Malaysian Suresh Kumar. Read More »
Yuan Ching Secondary School celebrated Chinese New Year with performances by students, staff members, parents and its alumni. Before the event on 24 Jan 2020, students were given red heart-shaped paper to write their wishes. The hearts were pasted on a board to form the ‘fu’ (福) character measuring 2.26m by 2.37m. Read More »
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